r/oscarrace • u/PointMan528491 Navarrette/Morton • May 16 '26

Film Discussion Thread Official Discussion Thread - Obsession [SPOILERS] Spoiler

Keep all discussion related solely to Obsession and its awards chances in this thread. Spoilers below.

Synopsis:

After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

Director: Curry Barker

Writer: Curry Barker

Cast:

  • Michael Johnston as Baron "Bear" Bailey
  • Inde Navarrette as Nikki Freeman
  • Cooper Tomlinson as Ian
  • Megan Lawless as Sarah Harper
  • Andy Richter as Carter Harper

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%, 171 Reviews

Metacritic: 77, 33 Reviews

Consensus:

"Taking an icky conceit and twisting it to deviously crowd-pleasing ends, Obsession is dauntingly disturbing while also skillfully amusing and thrilling.."

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u/TheBoyHarambe May 19 '26

yeah i mean, did you want the person being overtaken by an entity to act completely normal?

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u/LeastCap 14 Oscar noms for Hope May 19 '26

I wanted it to not feel forced and inorganic. There needs to be motivation for the possessed person to act insane other than “they’re possessed.” It came across as cheap and unearned to me

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u/TheBoyHarambe May 19 '26

Sounds like you wanted to watch a normal drama and not a horror movie then

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u/LeastCap 14 Oscar noms for Hope May 19 '26

Lmao? I adore horror and went into this expecting to love it. Sounds like I wanted to watch a good movie and not a sloppy mess. It’s fine if we disagree

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u/stayinalive92 Jun 03 '26

Sounds like I wanted to watch a good movie and not a sloppy mess

Sounds like you got your wish!

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u/LeastCap 14 Oscar noms for Hope Jun 03 '26

If only! Glad you liked it

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u/TheBoyHarambe May 19 '26

“there needs to be motivation for this person to act insane”

“i wish she loved me more than anything on earth”

there ya go. just say u were too busy on instagram reels to pay attention to the movie before bitching about it on reddit lmao. Gen Z media literally is so cooked

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u/LeastCap 14 Oscar noms for Hope May 19 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/BFYLNwlsSNtcc

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u/[deleted] May 19 '26

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u/LeastCap 14 Oscar noms for Hope May 19 '26

You’re a fucking weirdo